Essays on Jesse Owens

Jessie Owens Olympic Champion James ” Jesse ” Owens will always be remembered as the hero of the 1036 Olympic Games in Berlin Germany. Jesse Owens would become the first American to win 4 track and field medals in one Olympic game. This feat would...

Running Against Racism Taking deep breaths, he stretched his legs, trying to calm his nerves. The sweat slowly dripped down his face. The sun hid behind the clouds as he scanned the crowd. He caught the eyes of Hitler, who was staring right back at...

In the world there are many problems in the 20th century where African Americans were being mistreated by the Jim Crow laws, the Klu Klux Klan and to be more direct they lynched African Americans in the United States. Hitler and the Nazis were persecuting...

A compelling phenomenon happened in American history that awesome day in 1936 at the Berlin Olympics, when Jesse Owens won four gold medals. This achievement, along with others that he had in his life, were very inspiring and contributed to how fast Jesse rose to...

James Charles Owens, famously known as Jesse Owens did not live an easy life. Born in Oakville, Alabama, on September 12, 1913, he was the son of a sharecropper and a farmer who rented land. During his early years Jesse was small, too frail to...

Jesse Owens was born on September 12 in 1913. He grew up in Oakville, Alabama with his two parents Henry Owens and Emma Owens. He was sick as a child and his parents couldn’t really afford a doctor when Jesse had pneumonia. Besides, the people...

Who was Jesse Owens? Jesse Owens was an African-American man who had a burning passion for the sport Track and Field and became a four gold medal winning Olympian in the year of 1936. You wouldn’t ever think a man like him, who grew up...

“We all have dreams. But in order to make dreams come into reality, it takes an awful lot of determination, dedication, self-discipline, and effort.” This is a quote from an amazing inspirational African American athlete, Jesse Owens. Some of you may have known about Jesse...